Golf-club.



P. A. VAILE.

GOLF CLUB. APPLICATION FILED APR.17, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PERCY A. VAILE, WESTMINSTER, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO FREDERICK HENRY AYRES,OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

GOLF-CLUB.

To 0% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERoY ADoLPHUs VAILE, barrister-at-law of theSupreme Court of- New Zealand,a subject of the King of Great Britain,residing at Whitehall Court, in the city of Westminster, England, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Clubs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in golf-clubs, particularly suchas have the head portions made of metal.

' Figure 1 shows a front View of a golf-club held inclined with theinvention applied, the shaft being partially broken out for convenienceof the drawing. Fig. 2 by a view looking at the surface in rear of thestriking-face, and Fig. 3 by a plan view, show, to an enlarged scale, agolf-club head with the shaft broken away a short distance above thesocket.

According to an approved embodiment of the invention shown by thedrawings the socket portion a, into which the wooden or other shaft b issecured, is alined relatively to the head a, so that an imaginary line 11 drawn longitudinally through the shaft 6 intersects diagonally a line2 2 drawn longitudinally and centrally through and parallel with thestriking-face c of the head of the club at a point 3, substantially midway of such face or else somewhat nearer the toe & than the heel 5thereof. In other words, a line drawn parallel with the axis of theshaft Z) and in the plane of the striking-face 0 will cross that face inan inclined direction at the center 3 or slightly toward the toe end 4thereof.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 17, 1905-'Serial No. 256,053.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

The metal or socket portion a of the shaft 6 instead of being joinedtothe head 0 at a point in or about the place 3 where such imaginary linewould intersect the horizontal line referred to is bent or downwardlycurved at 6, projecting thence directly toward the point 7 above theheel end 5 of the head, and this socket portion is again curved at?downward, developing into the upper part of the heel. By means of thisformation of the socket portion relatively to thehead I am enabled toobtain a limited extent of spring connection. This construction furtherenables the blow of the club-head to be delivered with greater accuracyand increased effect with increased ease in adjustment of the implement.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is- In a golf-club, a handle, and a head having a neckprojecting inwardly on an angle to the latter and upwardly at aninclination to aline the handle diagonally of the plane of said head andto allow a clean view of the center of the latter.

In testimonywhereof l have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

PERCY A. VAILE.

Witnesses:

ALFRED GEORGE BRooKEs, JOHN CooDE HORNE.

